Newport and Carisbrooke

Newport and Carisbrooke
Newport and Carisbrooke
Civil parish
	Newport
	Coordinates: 50°41′43″N 1°18′21″W / 50.695207°N 1.3059568°W
Country	England
Primary council	Isle of Wight
County	Isle of Wight
Region	South East
Status	Parish
Main settlements	Newport, Carisbrooke, Apesdown, Barton, Bowcombe, Clatterford, Cross Lane, Fairlee, Forest Side, Gunville, Hunny Hill, Pan, Parkhurst, Rowridge, Shide and Staplers
Area
• Total	54.44 km2 (21.02 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	25,496
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Website	https://www.newportwight.org.uk/

Newport and Carisbrooke, formerly just Newport, is a civil parish on the Isle of Wight, in the county of the Isle of Wight, England. The parish includes the settlements of Newport, Carisbrooke, Apesdown, Barton, Bowcombe, Clatterford, Cross Lane, Fairlee, Forest Side, Gunville, Hunny Hill, Pan, Parkhurst, Rowridge, Shide and Staplers. In 2011 the parish had a population of 25,496.^[1] The parish touches Arreton, Brighstone, Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield, Chillerton and Gatcombe, Havenstreet and Ashey, Northwood, Shorwell, Whippingham and Wootton Bridge.^[2] There are 338 listed buildings in Newport and Carisbrooke.^[3] The community council is based in The Granary in Newport.^[4]

History

On 1 April 1933 Carisbrooke was abolished and merged with Newport, parts of Binstead, Northwood and Whippingham were merged with Newport parish when these were abolished and 25 acres was also transferred from Gatcombe and 16 acres from South Arreton.^[5] The Municipal Borough of Newport was abolished on 1 April 1974 and Newport became an unparished area, by August 2006 sufficient petition signatures has been acquired to parish the area,^[6] the parish was formed on 1 April 2008 as Newport from the unparished area,^[7] and Northwood and Whippingham parishes were also formed, the parish was then renamed to "Newport and Carisbrooke" on 29 September 2018^[8] to improve inclusivity for residents of Carisbrooke since a petition received on 19 April 2006 to create a separate parish for Carisbrooke was not successful.^[9]

References

^ "Newport and Carisbrooke". City Population De. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
^ "Newport and Carisbrooke". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
^ "Listed buildings in Newport, Isle of Wight". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
^ "Contact us". Newport and Carisbrooke Community Council. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
^ "Relationships and changes Newport Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "About". Newport and Carisbrooke Community Council. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
^ "The Isle of Wight (Parishes) Order 2008" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
^ "Isle of Wight Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
^ "Name of meeting" (PDF). Isle of Wight Council. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

External links

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[1] "Newport and Carisbrooke". City Population De. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

[2] "Newport and Carisbrooke". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

[3] "Listed buildings in Newport, Isle of Wight". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

[4] "Contact us". Newport and Carisbrooke Community Council. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

[5] "Relationships and changes Newport Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 27 September 2021.

[6] "About". Newport and Carisbrooke Community Council. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

[7] "The Isle of Wight (Parishes) Order 2008" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

[8] "Isle of Wight Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

[9] "Name of meeting" (PDF). Isle of Wight Council. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

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v t e Settlements on the Isle of Wight
Towns	Brading Cowes East Cowes Newport Ryde Sandown Shanklin Ventnor Yarmouth
Other civil parishes	Arreton Bembridge Brighstone Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield Chale Chillerton and Gatcombe Fishbourne Freshwater Godshill Gurnard Havenstreet and Ashey Lake Nettlestone and Seaview Newchurch Newport and Carisbrooke Niton and Whitwell Northwood Rookley Shalfleet Shorwell St Helens Totland Whippingham Wootton Bridge Wroxall
Other villages and hamlets	Adgestone Afton Afton Park Alum Bay Alverstone Alverstone Garden Village Apesdown Apse Heath Ashey Barton Bathingbourne Bierley Binfield Binstead Blackgang Blackwater Bonchurch Bouldnor Borthwood Bowcombe Branstone Brook Calbourne Carisbrooke Chale Green Chessell Chillerton Cranmore Cross Lane Culver Down Downend Easton Egypt Point Elmfield Fairlee Five Houses Foreland Fields Forest Side Freshwater Bay Great Thorness Gunville Hale Common Hamstead Havenstreet Haylands Hillway Horringford Hulverstone Hunny Hill King's Quay Kingston Knighton Limerstone Little Atherfield Little Thorness Littletown Locksgreen Lowtherville Luccombe Marks Corner Mersley Merstone Moortown Morton Mottistone Nettlecombe Newbridge Newtown Ningwood Ninham Niton Niton Undercliff Norton Norton Green Nunwell Oakfield Osborne Parkhurst Pondwell Porchfield Princelett Puckaster Puckpool Quarr Hill Queen's Bower Rew Street Rookley Green Roud Rowridge St Lawrence Sandford Seagrove Bay Shalcombe Shide Staplers Steephill Steyne Cross Thorley Thorley Street Thorncross Totland Bay Upper Ventnor Wellow Westridge Whiteley Bank Whitwell Winford Wootton Wootton Common Yafford Yarbridge Yaverland
See also	List of places on the Isle of Wight List of civil parishes on the Isle of Wight